You Cannot Shake Hands With A Clenched

I Said, I'll Put On Weight. And I Started Having Massages, Taking Cod-liver Oil, And Eating Twice As Much. But I Didn't Even Gain An Ounce. I'd Made Up My Mind That On The Day The Engagement Was Announced I'd Be Fatter, And I Didn't Gain An Ounce. Then I Went To Mussoorie, Which Is A Health Resort, And I Ignored The Doctors' Instructions; I Invented My Own Regime And Gained Weight. Just The Opposite Of What I'd Like Now. Now I Have The Problem Of Keeping Slim. Still I Manage. I Don't Know If You Realize I'm A Determined Woman.

In India's Distant Past, When The Population Was Low, The Blessing Given A Woman Was, 'may You Have Many Children.' Most Of Our Epics And Literature Stress This Wish, And The Idea That A Woman Should Have Many Children Hasn't Declined.

I Cannot Understand How Anyone Can Be An Indian And Not Be Proud.

Education Is A Liberating Force, And In Our Age It Is Also A Democratizing Force, Cutting Across The Barriers Of Caste And Class, Smoothing Out Inequalities Imposed By Birth And Other Circumstances.

The Life I've Had, The Difficulties, The Hardships, The Pain I've Suffered Since I Was A Child. It's A Great Privilege To Have Led A Difficult Life, And Many People In My Generation Have Had This Privilege - I Sometimes Wonder If Young People Today Aren't Deprived Of The Dramas That Shaped Us.